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Fm

1 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. fermium.


f.m. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. (in prescriptions) make a mixture.


FM 3 American  
  1. Electronics. frequency modulation: a method of impressing a signal on a radio carrier wave by varying the frequency of the carrier wave.

  2. Radio. a system of radio broadcasting by means of frequency modulation.

  3. of, relating to, or utilizing such a system.


fm. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. fathom.

  2. from.


fm 5 American  
Symbol, Physics.
  1. femtometer.


Fm 1 British  

symbol

  1. fermium

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fm 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. fathom

  2. from

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abbreviation

  1. Micronesia

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FM 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. frequency modulation

  2. Field Marshal

  3. aeronautics figure of merit

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FM Scientific  
  1. Abbreviation of frequency modulation


Etymology

Origin of f.m.

From Latin fīat mistūra

Example Sentences

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The legacy of camellia growers such as F.M.

From Los Angeles Times

“These and other damages were caused by the District’s actions treating G.M. as a boy named F.M. while concealing those actions from the Meads.”

From Washington Times

Opened in 1980 with a performance by the New York Philharmonic, the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts was designed by Jan Hird Pokorny and David F.M.

From Seattle Times

Flora met her partner of 35 years or so in the 1960s, when he was known by the name F.M.

From Slate

Trevelyan called “History and the Reader”; classicist F.M.

From Washington Post